Page 3: Historical Events In January - 28

1813  On this day in history jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41   

1814  On January - 28 stendahl's 1st book is published   

1815  On this day in history andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875   

1817  On January - 28 friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

1818  George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 on January - 28.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name on January - 28.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore on January - 28.   

1820  On January - 28 russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.   

1821  On this day in history bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica   

1822  On this day in history alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)   

1824  On January - 28 william Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)   

1825  George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 on January - 28.   

1828  On this day in history michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor   

1829  On January - 28 william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh   

1830  On this day in history the opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris)   

1830  Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1831  Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history franz Wullner, composer   

1833  Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum) on this day in history.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on January - 28.   

1841  On this day in history the birth of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone   

1841  Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa) on January - 28.   

1846  On January - 28 battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)   

1848  On this day in history king of Naples grants his subjects a constitution   

1851  Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician   

1855  The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway on this day in history.   

1855  On January - 28 william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

1858  On January - 28 john Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry   

1860  On January - 28 britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua   

1864  On this day in history battle of New Bern, NC   

1864  On this day in history herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer   

1865  President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners on January - 28.   

1865  Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners on this day in history.   

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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

1457  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.